Coral Princess April 13, 2006 - Page 3 - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

Ziggy7 · 01-21-2006, 03:08 PM

Well we have a Bon Voyage thread so, now we need a list of crusing CLF'ers, so we can give them a propper send off

If you would like to be added to the public list of cruising CLF' ers, please leave your ship name, date you will be cruising and where you are going

Also be sure to check back for your "Bon Voyage" message, and please let us know all about your cruise when you return!

Please Note: I will not add anyone to the list who does not come and post for themselves, NO exceptions! I do not want to put anyone on the list without their permission. This list I do as a pleasure to me and I share it with you, so I don’t like getting those nasty emails.

http://www.cruiselineforums.com/forum/bon-voyage/8377-crusing-clfers-2006-list.html

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A2Bob · 01-21-2006, 07:25 PM

Hi all,

We just got a balcony reservation for this trip! Hope the fourth time is a charm. We were cancelled by Wilma. Then they "gave away" our Feb 22 reservation in a "mix-up". Even though we are now 6th on the waiting list for the same date, we intend to cancel because even if they called with an opening a few day away, we would not be able to get flights or pre-cruise room. I guess we were able to get a cabin because we called just after the final payments had to be in?
Hope to get to know you all before sailing! Perhaps we could plan a get-together early in the cruise. Often this is held 11AM on the first sea day in the Wheelhouse.

Bob and Judy

dobie · 01-21-2006, 08:24 PM

Bob and Judy, nice to meet you!! Where are you from? I'm just now starting to get excited about this cruise, got my final payment reminder today....sure made it more real!! A get together would be great....we are flying into FLL a day early and we need to stay Sunday night as well cause we couldn't get FF flights out on Sunday.....looking forward to talking in the upcoming months....

patperry · 01-22-2006, 05:05 PM

Sent in my final payment last week. My bank balance knows it's real !! LOL

dobie · 01-22-2006, 06:54 PM

Just stopping by to say hi, I am studying like crazy for my mammography boards on Thursday....will check in later!!

dobie · 01-23-2006, 09:45 PM

I phoned my TA today to make final payment....she's going to submit it on the 27th....final payment day!!!!

Bob and Judy, where is your cabin?

I got an email from one of the Jan 13 Coral cruisers yesterday (I was originally booked on that cruise....), she said they had a great time with the exception of rough tenders in Cozumel and Cayman....she was going to post when she got home with ideas for us!!!

SUNRISE · 01-24-2006, 10:40 AM

Dobie,

Hope your friends on the 1/13 Coral post their thoughts and experiences here for all of us to share

dobie · 01-24-2006, 03:48 PM

I heard from Linda from the Coral 1/13 cruise, she gave me permission to post her email so here it is:

Dobie

As I said we had a great time.
Long trip home since both our flights were running late so it was a long day
yesterday. We were off the ship and at the airport by 9:10.
Unfortunately I booked flights for 1:15 and there were two earlier flights
but they were wait-listed so we spent the morning in the airport.
I think you'll be pleased with the Coral. She is a beautiful ship. Nice
size and easy to navigate to get from here to there, but you probably found
the same on the Island.
We were really pleased with our cabin. I thought it was a good size but I
heard complaints from various people that other lines had bigger cabins. We
certainly had lots of storage space and didn't get in each other's way.
The food and service in the Horizon Court was great. Always lots of choices
and the waitstaff can't do enough for you.
We had traditional dining (Georgette did anytime - ask her opinion). We had
big problems and the last night I let the head waiter know how disgusted I
was. They re-arranged our wait-staff mid trip which I've never encountered
before. The whole idea of tradiitional is the continuity. It went
down-hill from there and the 3rd last night our waitress lectured us on how
to fill out the questionnaire we would receive and what to put down for the
dining room. That went over like a lead balloon with me. It backfired on
her and I gave the dining room a very poor rating. We also had several
tables around us of family and friends celebrating a 25th wedding anniv. and
renewal of vows. They congregated at the table every night and made
speeches and presentations and took a lot of flash pictures. It just ruined
the whole evening. I told the head waiter that it was the worst traditional
dining I'd ever encountered and we could tell by his face they he would be
having a chat with the waitress.
The shows were pretty good. Didn't go to all of them but the Coral Princess
dancers put on fabulous shows. Don't miss them.
Embarkation went very smoothly. We arrived about 11:15 and were on the ship
before noon. We had to wait for lunch because the CDC were doing their
semi-annual inspection.
I'll tell you about the ports in another letter.
Most of us met for dinner in Fort Lauderdale the night before.
Linda D. and Bob and Georgette and Fred are wonderful people. We had
Georgette and Fred up one evening to sit on our balcony with a bottle of
wine. It was really great to get together with them for drinks, etc. Hope
you fare as well.
I'll tell you more soon. Sure wish we could have met.
Linda

I've got to go study some more....

SUNRISE · 01-24-2006, 04:20 PM

Dobie,

Thanks for passing the information along, every little bit helps

dobie · 01-28-2006, 12:01 AM

As soon as I hear from Linda again, I will post....I had a big exam to take this week so I was really preoccupied...Sunrise, introduce yourself!! What is your name and where are you from? Welcome to our friendly boards....we keep things positive over here and we do give each other our opinions but we are never insulting or negative towards each other....we are glad to have you here! Let us know who you are....